POST LAB QUESTIONS 1. Your esophagus is lined by a stratified epithelium. Why might a stratified epithelium be more useful in this location than a simple epithelium? 2. Which type of epithelium (.e. structural category) would most closely resemble a row of bricks placed side-by-side touching along their longest dimension? Give an example (location). 3. Why does loose connective tissue meet the general definition of connective tissue, i.e. what did you this classification as a connective tissue? observe in the slide of areolar tissue that gives support 4. Propose a function for the adipose tissue that you observed in the human skin (palm) other than energy storage. (Why have fat pads here?) 5. Why does the trachea have rings of cartilage? 6. Contrast red blood cells and white blood cells, i.e. how did you distinguish between them? What distinguishing feature is related to the fact that white blood cells can divide whereas red cells do not? 7. Distinguish between the three types of muscle cells on the basis of shape and striations. 8. Explain how goblet cells (and their product) and ciliated cells of the lining of the trachea might work together for a common purpose. 9. Relate the structure of a neuron to its function. Focus your discussion on its "extensions" or processes, i.e. the dendrites and axons. 122